Tahtoista

Tahtoista is a Finnish adjective form meaning desiring or willing, used to describe something that is characterized by will or desire. It is the partitive singular form of the adjective tahtoisa, which is derived from tahto, meaning will, wish, or intention. The combination expresses a qualitative attribute of a noun, such as something that is sought after or desired.

In Finnish grammar, tahtoista appears when the noun it modifies is in the partitive case. For example, tahtoista ruokaa means “desirable food” or “food that is desired,” and tahtoista työtä means “desirable work.” The word can also appear in more literary or descriptive contexts where a phrase conveys intentionality or volitional quality. While tahtoisa itself is a common adjective, tahtoista as a inflected form is typical for sentences featuring indefinite or partitive objects.

Etymology and morphology: tahtoisa is built from tahto (will) with the suffix -isa to form an adjective. The partitive singular suffix -ta/-tä yields tahtoista when the noun it modifies is in the partitive case. This pattern is consistent with Finnish adjective inflection rules.

Usage notes: Tahtoista is more likely to be encountered in written Finnish, poetry, or rhetorical descriptions than in everyday speech, where synonyms such as halukas or toivottu might be used depending on nuance. Its meaning relies on context to convey whether something is merely desired, intentionally chosen, or inherently valuable.

See also: tahto, tahtoisa, Finnish grammar, partitive case.